CityU Faculty of Finance and Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Join Hands in Promoting Cooperation and Exchange
On the afternoon of 22 January 2021, the Faculty of Finance at the City University of Macau and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area held a meeting on the University’s main campus to exchange views on cooperation. Four representatives of the Macau and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, including Lok Tan Cheng, President, Chou Chi Keong, Vice President, Un Se Susana, Vice President, Chu Moune Tsi, Executive Council Chairman, and Dean Adrian Cheung, Associate Dean Eva Khong and Associate Professor Wu Zefu of CityU Faculty of Finance attended the meeting.
Dean Adrian Cheung welcomed representatives of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and gave them an overview of the background of establishment, program designs, teaching philosophy and teaching team of the Faculty. He also pointed out that the Faculty was the only Faculty of finance and economics in Macao and it strived to promote long-term cooperation relationship between the Faculty and different enterprises and institutions, provide valuable learning opportunities for students of the Faculty and enable outstanding financial students to gain practical experience by undertaking internship at companies. Dean Cheung also encouraged employees of small and medium enterprises to further their studies at the University so that excellent talent in financial sector could be nurtured, benefiting the development of the financial industry in the Greater Bay Area.
Associate Dean Eva Khong introduced past cooperation programs that the Faculty held with different enterprises in the Greater Bay Area, showed the teaching achievements the Faculty had attained by adopting the enterprises-research-universities approach and talked about the ways software and hardware resources were utilized. She also accompanied the Association’s representatives to visit the Financial and Technology Laboratory of the Faculty, explained in detail the teaching functions of the Laboratory, software and hardware used and the teaching achievements. She pointed out that the Faculty of Finance would cater for the development needs of the Greater Bay Area in accounting, finance and economics, strive to promote the integration of Macao into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. She looked forward to working closer with Macao SMEs in areas including program design, academic exchange activities, summer internship at enterprises and research in order to achieve a win-win situation.
Associate Professor Wu Zefu pointed out that at the current stage, the programs offered by the Faculty focused on the financial area and he hoped the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area would visit CityU to exchange views on finance, accounting and law courses and interact with teachers and students of the Faculty, share with them the Association’s experience and conduct lectures and salons. Prof Wu would also organize for outstanding students of the Faculty to study and conduct research at member companies of the Association to enrich their practical and work experience.
The two sides had in-depth discussion on the ways to further promote the upgrading of SMEs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, continue to nurture high-end financial talent for the industry, introduce Hong Kong’s accreditation of financial qualifications into Macao and create new research and study platforms. It was hoped that the meeting with the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area would form a bridge for future long-term cooperation so that the two could work together to lay a solid foundation for nurturing talent for Macao and the Greater Bay Area and contribute towards upgrading the industry in the region.
